CENTRE FOR IMMIGRATION AND CITIZENSHIP LAW

ABOUT THE CENTRE

The Centre for Specialization in Immigration and Citizenship Laws (CSICL) is a constituent centre of the Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad, and was founded on 3rd January, 2019 under the leadership of the Centre President, Anushka Misra and Faculty-In-charge, Dr D Ganesh Kumar. Immigration and refugee applicants are among the most vulnerable consumers of legal services. Problems like language barriers and familiarity with the legal system are common challenges they face, which hamper their right to security, recognition and human dignity. The legal system has to work towards this area of law, especially in encouraging more law students towards becoming qualified, trained and assessed experts who can provide the professional help needed. With this in mind, the Centre was created with the objective of providing a platform to students of law school to pursue an interest in the field of citizenship and immigration laws, hoping to encourage enthusiastic and detailed research on these subjects of global importance. Since most law schools do not include this subject as a part of the curriculum, keeping in mind the proactive vision of the Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad to promote practical learning outside of classrooms, the Centre focussed on training students and inspiring interest in them towards these areas of law.

OBJECTIVE OF THE CENTRE

To build a centre that will help set new and higher standards for immigration and citizenship consultants. With virtual conferences and national seminars, in collaboration with leading organizations, legal institutions and activists in the field, the Centre aims to help transform the quality of immigration consultant services, and to raise awareness among law students on the plethora of challenges existing in the system.

The Centre hopes to effectively train more law students in the field of immigration and citizenship, and provide them with the skill sets needed to ensure immigrants are given equitable, accessible and humane legal aid.
The Centre plans on conducting multiple intra-collegiate events such as debates, guest lectures by experts, among others to promote research, learning and an active interest for the subject.
The Centre will also conduct a national event during the academic year to expand its educational impact to students of other law colleges as well.
The Centre eventually hopes to build a large network of law students, professors, activists, legal experts, and national and international authorities on immigration, to collaborate with them in conducting research and providing active aid and consultancy

Faculty In Charge

Dr D. Ganesh Kumar did his LLB from Pendekanti Law College under Osmania University, Hyderabad with First Class in the year 2007. Enrolled as an Advocate in the Bar Council of erstwhile State of Andhra Pradesh in the year 2007. While practicing as an Advocate pursued LLM (Constitutional Law) from Post Graduate College of Law, Osmania University, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad, and passed with Distinction.

Official Email-id of Cell/Centre

csicl@slsh.edu.in

Under the guidance of

Dr. Santosh Aghav- Director, SLSH
Dr. Anuradha B – Deputy Director, SLSH
Dr. D. Ganesh Kumar – Faculty In-Charge, CICL

List of Members

NAME	POSITION GIVEN	EMAIL ID	PHONE NO	YEAR
DR D GANESH KUMAR	FACULTY- IN CHARGE	dgk@slsh.edu.in	7416211140	-
ANUSHKA MISRA	PRESIDENT/FOUNDER	anushka.misra@slsh.edu.in	2016-21	7337599604
DYLAN SHARMA	RESEARCH HEAD	dylan.sharma@slsh.edu.in	9704940851	2016-21
SALONI ATUL KUMAR	PR & MEDIA HEAD	saloni.atul@student.slsh.edu.in	9830575160	2019-24
ISHAN POPLI	ORGANIZING HEAD	ishan.male@student.slsh.edu.in	9873015559	2019-24
YUKTA DUBEY	RESEARCH	yukta.dubey@student.slsh.edu.in	7310253155	2017-22
S RAGHAVEENDRAA PRASAD	RESEARCH	s.raghavendraaprasad@student.slsh.edu.in	6362168896	2020-25
PALREDDY V KUMAR	RESEARCH	palreddy_vinay_kumar_reddy@student.slsh.edu.in	8328361086	2018-23
SHRIYA RAMESH	PR & MEDIA	shriya.ramesh@student.slsh.edu.in	7348820626	2020-25
RIYA PLANITKAR	PR & MEDIA	riya.palnitkar@student.slsh.edu.in	8103470763	2019-24
SAMPDA BANSAL	PR & MEDIA	sampda.bansal@student.slsh.edu.in	8427210742	2019-24
TWESHA KARNANI	PR & MEDIA	twesha.karnani@student.slsh.edu.in	8886702080	2019-24
M. JAHNAVI LAHARI	PR & MEDIA	mudunuri.jahnavi@student.slsh.edu.in	9866226814	2019-24
ADITYA SARAN	ORGANIZING	aditya.mani@student.slsh.edu.in	9891643653	2019-24
KHYATI VERMA	ORGANISING	khyati.verma@student.slsh.edu.in	9820255674	2019-24
DIYA PARVATI	ORGANISING	diya.parvati@student.slsh.edu.in	8606008822	2020-25
NAMAN PRIYADARSHI	ORGANISING	naman.priyadarshi@student.slsh.edu.in	8076639166	2020-25
KHYATEE AHUJA	ORGANISING	khyatee.ahuja@student.slsh.edu.in	7428555325	2020-25
ADITI AGRAWAL	ORGANISING	aditi.agrawal@student.slsh.edu.in	7400818237	2020-25
REETI SHETTY	ORGANISING	shetty.reeti@student.slsh.edu.in	9619516521	2020-25
SANJANA PARISABOINA	ORGANISING	sanjana.parisaboina@student.slsh.edu.in	7397242225	2020-25
LIKHITA SRI NAIDU VELAMALA	ORGANISING	velamala.likhitha@student.slsh.edu.in	8074511232	2020-25

Past Events

In 2019, the Centre organized a Guest Lecture with Prof (Dr) Rathin Bandyopadhyay, and Adv Avik Gathak on the topic of Immigration and Citizenship Law: Percept’s and Practical Approach.
In 2019, the Centre organized an intra-college Oxford Union Debate Competition on topics dealing with current immigration and citizenship law issues, focusing predominantly on the NRC and the Citizenship Bill.
In May 2020, the Centre organized a National E-Seminar on Immigration and Crimmigration – Issues and Challenges with themes for research papers and presentations ranging from “The Citizenship Act in India – Constitutional Perspective” to “Immigration and Extradition”. The event invited students and professors from colleges across India to attend a panel discussion by eminent speakers and experts like Prof. Dr Manoj Kumar Sinha, Advocate Ashish Dixit and many others.
In October 2020, the centre held an online Guest Lecture with the world renowned Advocate Sheela Murthy, Founder and President of the Murthy Law Firm based in the United States. The topic of the Lecture was “Life of an Immigration Lawyer” wherein she gave our students an insight into her personal and work life as well as dealt with pertinent political questions.